1998 Leeds City Council election

The 1998 Leeds City Council election took place on 7 May 1998 to elect members of City of Leeds Metropolitan Borough Council in West Yorkshire, England. One third of the council, alongside a vacancy in Wortley (following Fabian Hamilton's election as Leeds North East MP) were up for election.

The Labour party stayed in overall control of the council.^[1] Overall turnout in the election was 24.66%.^[2]

Election result

Leeds Local Election Result 1998^[1]^[2]^[3]
	Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
Labour	25	1	3	-2	73.5	49.3	64,368	-6.9%
Conservative	5	1	0	+1	14.7	27.8	36,303	+3.9%
Liberal Democrats	3	1	1	0	8.8	19.7	25,723	+2.4%
Green	1	1	0	+1	2.9	2.3	2,997	+0.4%
Independent	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.5	642	+0.5%
Socialist Alternative	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.3	433	+0.2%
Independent Labour	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.2	209	+0.1%

This result had the following consequences for the total number of seats on the council after the elections:^[4]

Party		Previous council	New council
	Labour	82	80
	Conservative	8	9
	Liberal Democrat	9	9
	Green	0	1
Total		99	99
Working majority		65	61

Ward results

Aireborough^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Moira Dunn	2,862	46.7	+0.6
	Conservative	Graham Latty	2,240	36.5	+2.5
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Brown	1,033	16.8	−3.1
Majority			622	10.1	−2.0
Turnout			6,135	31.0
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.9

Armley^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alison Lowe	1,830	62.6	−5.3
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Davies	491	16.8	+9.6
	Conservative	Steven Welsh	469	16.1	+4.0
	Independent	Keith Rushworth	132	4.5	+4.5
Majority			1,339	45.8	−10.1
Turnout			2,922	18.5
	Labour hold		Swing	-7.4

Barwick & Kippax^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Parker	3,103	61.7	−8.5
	Conservative	Jack Stott	1,303	25.9	+5.2
	Liberal Democrats	David Lindley	624	12.4	+3.3
Majority			1,800	35.8	−13.7
Turnout			5,030	27.8
	Labour hold		Swing	-6.8

Beeston^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Angela Gabriel	1,362	55.2	−18.0
	Conservative	William Birch	490	19.9	+5.4
	Liberal Democrats	Shaun Dolan	475	19.3	+10.6
	Socialist Alternative	Kevin Pattison	91	3.7	+3.7
	Green	Janet Pritchard	49	2.0	−1.7
Majority			872	35.3	−23.4
Turnout			2,467	19.7
	Labour hold		Swing	-11.7

Bramley^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Angela Atkinson	1,863	69.3	−9.1
	Liberal Democrats	David Revett	416	15.5	+8.4
	Conservative	Michael Best	409	15.2	+7.2
Majority			1,447	53.8	−16.6
Turnout			2,688	16.3
	Labour hold		Swing	-8.2

Burmantofts^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Malcolm Hardy	1,820	69.1	−4.6
	Liberal Democrats	Malcolm Betteridge	603	22.9	+2.4
	Conservative	Dorothy Schofield	211	8.0	+2.3
Majority			1,217	46.2	−7.0
Turnout			2,634	19.5
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.5

Chapel Allerton^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Neil Taggart	2,204	68.9	−3.9
	Conservative	Valerie Kendall	563	17.6	+3.3
	Liberal Democrats	Brenda Lancaster	432	13.5	+5.0
Majority			1,641	51.3	−7.3
Turnout			3,199	20.9
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.6

City & Holbeck^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Christiana Myers	1,788	66.3	−13.0
	Conservative	David Boynton	339	12.6	+3.1
	Liberal Democrats	David Pratt	272	10.1	−1.1
	Socialist Alternative	David Jones	197	7.3	+7.3
	Green	Tania Jackson	100	3.7	+3.7
Majority			1,449	53.7	−14.5
Turnout			2,696	17.2
	Labour hold		Swing	-8.0

Cookridge^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Carter	2,848	55.1	+6.4
	Labour	John Garvan	1,503	29.1	−6.0
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Bates	822	15.9	−0.4
Majority			1,345	26.0	+12.4
Turnout			5,173	31.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	+6.2

Garforth & Swillington^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Karen Groves	3,105	63.3	−8.5
	Conservative	Alan Lamb	1,109	22.6	+6.0
	Liberal Democrats	Ian Dowling	691	14.1	+2.5
Majority			1,996	40.7	−14.5
Turnout			4,905	26.1
	Labour hold		Swing	-7.2

Halton^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lee Benson	2,100	46.3	−8.0
	Conservative	William Hyde	1,826	40.3	+7.5
	Liberal Democrats	David Hollingsworth	605	13.4	+3.4
Majority			274	6.0	−15.5
Turnout			4,531	25.3
	Labour hold		Swing	-7.7

Harehills^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Abdul Malik	1,787	60.7	−11.7
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Taylor	674	22.9	+8.8
	Conservative	Donald Townsley	274	9.3	−4.2
	Independent Labour	Thomas Wray	209	7.1	+7.1
Majority			1,113	37.8	−20.6
Turnout			2,944	20.0
	Labour hold		Swing	-10.2

Headingley^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Doreen Illingworth	1,223	48.7	−14.2
	Liberal Democrats	Darren Finlay	599	23.8	+7.9
	Conservative	Paul Mowbray	414	16.5	+3.5
	Green	Lesley Jeffries	277	11.0	+2.8
Majority			624	24.8	−22.2
Turnout			2,513	12.5
	Labour hold		Swing	-11.0

Horsforth^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Townsley	2,539	46.2	+17.4
	Conservative	Lucy Clapham	1,513	27.5	−2.3
	Labour	Brian Selby	1,254	22.8	−18.6
	Green	Elizabeth Holmes	105	1.9	+1.9
	Independent	George Williamson	90	1.6	+1.6
Majority			1,026	18.7	+7.1
Turnout			5,501	31.6
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	+9.8

Hunslet^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mark Davies	1,564	78.2	−7.2
	Conservative	Anthony Larvin	188	9.4	+1.9
	Liberal Democrats	Pauline Bardon	170	8.5	+1.4
	Green	Susan Brierley	79	3.9	+3.9
Majority			1,376	68.8	−9.1
Turnout			2,001	17.2
	Labour hold		Swing	-4.5

Kirkstall^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Bernard Atha	1,993	67.2	−9.0
	Conservative	David Higgott	433	14.6	+5.5
	Liberal Democrats	Barbara Thompson	322	10.9	+4.9
	Green	Mark Pedlar	218	7.3	+1.4
Majority			1,560	52.6	−14.5
Turnout			2,966	18.6
	Labour hold		Swing	-7.2

Middleton^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Linda Middleton	1,940	74.2	−7.3
	Conservative	David Schofield	359	13.7	+6.4
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Norman	315	12.1	+0.9
Majority			1,581	60.5	−9.9
Turnout			2,614	18.4
	Labour hold		Swing	-6.8

Moortown^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Bill Winlow	2,394	48.1	−5.5
	Labour	Sheila Saunders	1,676	33.7	+3.4
	Conservative	Elizabeth Dibble	906	18.2	+2.1
Majority			718	14.4	−8.9
Turnout			4,976	31.7
	Liberal Democrats hold		Swing	-4.4

Morley North^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frances Jones	2,327	53.8	−4.6
	Conservative	Robert Tesseyman	1,298	30.0	−2.7
	Liberal Democrats	Quentin Brown	411	9.5	+0.5
	Independent	Peter Walsh	292	6.7	+6.7
Majority			1,029	23.8	−1.8
Turnout			4,328	23.0
	Labour hold		Swing	-0.9

Morley South^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sherry Bradley	2,368	60.7	−1.4
	Conservative	Stephen Kearns	949	24.3	+9.7
	Liberal Democrats	David Brayshaw	502	14.9	−8.3
Majority			1,419	36.4	−2.4
Turnout			3,819	18.4
	Labour hold		Swing	-5.5

North^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Ronald Feldman	2,122	38.1	+6.1
	Liberal Democrats	Jane Abramson	1,950	35.0	−1.7
	Labour	Andrew Bell	1,494	26.8	−4.3
Majority			172	3.1	−1.6
Turnout			5,566	32.9
	Conservative hold		Swing	+3.9

Otley & Wharfedale^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Philip Coyne	2,251	34.7	−2.3
	Conservative	Christine Smith	2,182	33.6	−2.3
	Liberal Democrats	Brian Jennings	2,058	31.7	+4.6
Majority			69	1.1	+0.1
Turnout			6,491	34.6
	Labour gain from Liberal Democrats		Swing	+0.0

Pudsey North^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Frank Robinson	2,661	46.2	−4.7
	Labour	Janet Harper	2,501	43.4	+4.7
	Liberal Democrats	David Marsay-Smith	600	10.4	+0.0
Majority			160	2.8	−9.3
Turnout			5,762	32.4
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing	-4.7

Pudsey South^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Richard Lewis	2,262	55.1	−0.6
	Conservative	Sheila Jackson	1,040	25.3	+7.2
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Amor	716	17.4	−5.9
	Green	Graham Illingworth	90	2.2	−0.6
Majority			1,222	29.7	−2.6
Turnout			4,108	24.3
	Labour hold		Swing	-3.9

Richmond Hill^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Eamonn McGee	1,658	77.4	−7.0
	Liberal Democrats	Keith Norman	300	14.0	+3.5
	Conservative	Alan Rhodes	184	8.6	+3.5
Majority			1,358	63.4	−10.6
Turnout			2,142	16.1
	Labour hold		Swing	-5.2

Rothwell^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Alec Hudson	2,015	59.1	−5.6
	Conservative	John Cowling	712	20.9	+7.1
	Liberal Democrats	Mitchell Galdas	682	20.0	−1.5
Majority			1,303	38.2	−5.1
Turnout			3,409	22.3
	Labour hold		Swing	-6.3

Roundhay^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Peter Harrand	2,299	43.6	+7.7
	Labour	Mohammed Iqbal	1,940	36.8	−8.0
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Skinner	1,031	19.6	+2.5
Majority			359	6.8	−2.1
Turnout			5,270	31.5
	Conservative hold		Swing	+7.8

Seacroft^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Arthur Vollans	1,983	75.4	−11.9
	Conservative	Patricia Hyde	272	10.3	+3.8
	Liberal Democrats	Sadie Fisher	194	7.4	+1.1
	Independent	Raymond Northgreaves	128	4.9	+4.9
	Green	Michael Bolton	54	2.1	+2.1
Majority			1,711	65.0	−15.8
Turnout			2,631	21.4
	Labour hold		Swing	-7.8

University^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Dale	1,327	63.0	−10.9
	Liberal Democrats	Shirley Broadbent	289	13.7	+4.2
	Conservative	Robert Winfield	217	10.3	+1.2
	Socialist Alternative	Chris Hill	145	6.9	−0.7
	Green	Paul Eade	130	6.2	+6.2
Majority			1,038	49.2	−15.2
Turnout			2,108	12.9
	Labour hold		Swing	-7.5

Weetwood^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Stewart Golton	2,200	40.1	+1.7
	Labour	Eileen Moxon	1,954	35.7	−4.5
	Conservative	Ann Castle	1,155	21.1	+2.4
	Green	David Webb	171	3.1	+0.4
Majority			246	4.5	+2.7
Turnout			5,480	34.1
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	+3.1

Wetherby^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	John Procter	3,960	62.1	+5.6
	Labour	Reginald Steel	1,807	28.4	−3.7
	Liberal Democrats	Sarah May	605	9.5	−1.8
Majority			2,153	33.8	+9.3
Turnout			6,372	30.8
	Conservative hold		Swing	+4.6

Whinmoor^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Martin Hemingway	1,644	58.1	−10.2
	Conservative	Richard Williams	854	30.2	+9.8
	Liberal Democrats	Graham Roberts	333	11.8	+3.1
Majority			790	27.9	−20.0
Turnout			2,831	20.7
	Labour hold		Swing	-10.0

Wortley^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Malcolm Bedford	1,860	42.4	−11.7
	Green	David Blackburn	1,724	39.3	+11.0
	Labour	Daphne Riley	1,423
	Green	Claire Nash	1,106
	Conservative	Glenn Broadbent	504	11.5	+1.5
	Conservative	Ruby Patel	324
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Daly	295	6.7	−0.8
Majority			301	3.1	−22.7
Turnout			4,383	24.5
	Labour hold		Swing
	Green gain from Labour		Swing	+11.3

By-elections between 1998 and 1999

Bramley by-election 6 August 1998
replacing Angus Ross^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	David Revett	1,965	63.9	+48.4
	Labour	Stephen Simpson	876	28.5	−40.8
	Conservative	Steven Welsh	142	4.6	−10.6
	Socialist Alternative	David Jones	48	1.6	+1.6
	Green	Paul Eade	44	1.4	+1.4
Majority			1,089	35.4	−18.4
Turnout			3,075	18.6	+2.3
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing	+44.6

References

^ ^a ^b "Local Elections results". The Times. 9 May 1998. p. 46. ISSN 0140-0460.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai "Election of Councillors : May 1998". leeds.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 23 October 1999. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
^ "Local Election Results, 1999". Centre for Research into Elections and Social Trends. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 8 February 2010.
^ "Policy and politics: Local Elections: Analysis: Council poll results". The Guardian. 9 May 1998. p. 16. ISSN 0261-3077.
^ "Bramley By-Election 6th August 1998". leeds.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 9 February 1999. Retrieved 20 December 2012.

[local-1] "Local Elections results". The Times. 9 May 1998. p. 46. ISSN 0140-0460.

[results-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ ^o ^p ^q ^r ^s ^t ^u ^v ^w ^x ^y ^z ^aa ^ab ^ac ^ad ^ae ^af ^ag ^ah ^ai "Election of Councillors : May 1998". leeds.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 23 October 1999. Retrieved 20 December 2012.

[crest-3] "Local Election Results, 1999". Centre for Research into Elections and Social Trends. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 8 February 2010.

[policy-4] "Policy and politics: Local Elections: Analysis: Council poll results". The Guardian. 9 May 1998. p. 16. ISSN 0261-3077.

[5] "Bramley By-Election 6th August 1998". leeds.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 9 February 1999. Retrieved 20 December 2012.

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